General News of Sunday, 16 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comGovernment to provide meals to JHS pupilsplay videoFile photoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Gender Minister to provide one hot meal to all final year Junior High School (JHS) pupils in schools preparing to write the BECE. According to him, all 584,000 final year JHS pupils across the country are to receive one hot meal each day. Staff of the schools are also expected to be provided with the meals daily. “Through online learning portals, almost all continuing students in our universities have completed their studies for the academic year with exceptions at the University of Cape Coast, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Technical Universities and colleges. After extensive stakeholder consultations, a decision has been taken that continuing students in these tertiary institutions to return to school 24th of August to finish their academic year.”Watch below the President's address.

Source: GhanaWeb August 16, 2020 20:16 UTC